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MY RESUME

San Francisco; Aug. 2020 - present

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — STAFF REPORTER

Work on the breaking news desk covering daily crime stories. Collaborate with beat reporters to work on longer-form projects in lower and higher education. Pitch and produce feature stories.

California; March 2020 - Aug. 2020

CALMATTERS — COLLEGE JOURNALISM FELLOW

Collaborate with CalMatters staff to produce stories about issues affecting California college students. Investigate how state higher education policies affect the lives of students, faculty and staff at California universities. Coordinate with college newspapers to bolster student journalism within the CalMatters website and on social media. 

Berkeley; Jan. 2019 - May 2020

BAMPFA — MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANT 

Produce content on Facebook and Twitter with Buffer to encourage engagement. Monitor, track and record user engagement and analytics on multiple platforms. Document media coverage and research news outlets and journalists. 

Berkeley; Jan. 2019 - Nov. 2019

DAILY CALIFORNIAN — GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

Wrote articles related to housing, homelessness, Berkeley city and university news. Pitched story ideas relevant to the university community and the East Bay Area. Edited and fact checked stories and lightly designed pages for special issues. 

Los Angeles; June 2019 - Aug. 2019

NBC LOS ANGELES — DIGITAL NEWS INTERN

Pitched and wrote stories relevant to Southern California for NBCLA and its Spanish network Telemundo 52. Used wires, press releases and official announcements to supplement reporting. Packaged stories with relevant photos, video and social media. Wrote the Spanish breaking news story on the Ridgecrest earthquake for Telemundo 52. 

Los Angeles; Sept. 2018 - Dec. 2018

ABC 7 — MORNING NEWS INTERN

Contacted law enforcement and city authorities to aid in the newsgathering process. Assisted with production by logging video and pulling archival footage. Created social media content for Eyewitness News and its reporters. Assisted with breaking news coverage of the Thousand Oaks shooting by monitoring social media, reaching out to officials and witnesses, and communicating information between reporters and editors. 

Los Angeles; Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2018

CNN NEWSOURCE — PRODUCTION INTERN

Wrote movie preview scripts for broadcast packages using iNews. Edited video packages in Adobe Premiere using promotional materials and interviews. Assisted producers on red carpet premieres and took photos. 

Los Angeles; Jan. 2014 - June 2018

ROUNDUP NEWS — MANAGING EDITOR

As staff writer: Wrote news, opinions, A&E, features and sports stories. As copy editor: Edited stories for print and online publication. As news editor: Followed news beats, assigned stories, and guided reporters; designed print news page using Adobe InDesign. 

Resume: CV

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